Violence begets violence, war begets more wars. These facts have been known to generations before our time and we should not have to learn this horrible truth again. Old angers and hatreds have been instilled in new generations. We cannot continue in this manner and survive as a people. We must calm down and put our minds to diffusing the crisis. Is there a solution? Yes there is; knowledge, understanding and the courage to resolve the problem without violence. First we must move away from the economy of war that can only create endless war to an economy of peace that will produce the endless peace we want.
- Activating JFK's Plan for World Peace
Our problems are man made. Therefore, they can be solved by man. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable--and we believe they can do it again. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JFK is continually rated as one of our greatest presidents, a testament to his ability to inspire hope, faith and courage in Americans. He asked us to take on the most important challenge of our times in 1963 by helping him to create world peace. His American University Speech laid out that plan beautifully. Resurrecting his plan for world peace is long overdue. It is time for We the People to come together to imagine the peaceful future we want to emerge out of this final chaotic stage of empire.
It was in 2022 when we realized that building peace based on JFK's American University Speech needed Henry George's economics of peace as the foundation to stop the cycle of endless war. Once this truth is known we will then be able to build genuine world peace.
Henry George's economics advocates equal rights for all and special privileges for none. It affirms everyone's birthright to share in the earth's natural resources. You will be amazed at how quickly shifting taxes from earned income on wages to unearned income on land and natural resources automatically curbs land speculation and hoarding, the root causes of poverty, homelessness and war. When large landowners finally pay their fair share, it benefits everyone. Known as the Commons Rent, the riches that now flow to the few; who claim more than their fair share will be used to finance all of our public goods and services. If you want to create a just, prosperous and peaceful future learning how to fairly share the Earth is the first step. The more rapidly people awaken to the power of the earth rights tax policies the faster we will build a world of peace and plenty for all.
-JFK's Peace Speech resonates with Badshah Khan's Afghan Peace Message
Next we'll intertwine JFK's plan with Afghan tribal leader Bhadshah Khan's non-violent movement. If anyone today could name an historical figure connected to the origin of non-violent resistance against oppression, it would be Gandhi who defined the idea of non-violent resistance in his struggle to free India from British colonial rule.
In 1929, a Pashtun tribal leader in Afghanistan named Bhadshah Khan became an important ally of Gandhi by inaugurating his own non-violent movement known as the Khudai-Khidmatgar, the servants of God. Khan decided to serve God by serving humanity.
Instead of focusing on British oppression first he set out to change the tolerance of revenge killing from their ancient tribal code known as Pashtunwali. Afghans had lived by the code for millennia and continue to rely on it to this day.
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